Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

No better monitor for the price.

Posted Oct 15, 2007 - I paid 225 from ClubIT but knew Acer was a competent manufacturer so the cheap price didn't set me off. I have not been disappointed. It has freed up lots of space on my desk I need and my only worry was it would make my 3d game playing troublesome. I was wrong. Although it does lack the resolution of my old CRT, it is soo much brighter and bigger. This hard core gamer has not experienced any screen jitters or pixelation. No dead pixels out of the box either. Fired right up, windows XP configured her flawlessly, All I had to do was plugh the ACER in!

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Good overall product

Posted Mar 14, 2007 - Everything is good except that the buttons mentioned above are not present. I have to go through the menus to switch between my laptop and desktop when both are connected. First one I got had three dead pixels, so I got it replaced, this one doesn't have any dead pixels.

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Good monitor, inexpensive for performance

Posted Nov 11, 2006 - For about $300, a 22" 16X10 DVI monitor was too good to pass up. So far, looks good, text is crisp, now I have enough landscape for two side by side text pages. Could use a bit more contrast, but for the price, couldn't beat it.

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Great Monitor at a Good Price

Posted Sep 30, 2006 - This monitor beats my 19 inch LCD in terms of brightness and clarity! It's an excellent choice if you are on a budget, but need the screen space for your computing. The only drawback I have seen is a slight flicker of the screen redrawing with a very tight dot patter: the area between keyframe in Flash's timeline. It can be distracting.

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Acer 22 inch Widescreen monitor

Posted Dec 26, 2006 - This is a very decent monitor for the price one of the best of the 22 inch budget panels. The black light bleed on dark screens is probably the worst part of the monitor. It is mostly on the very top edge of the screen. The stuck pixel(s) is not a big problem and the vertical viewing angle is also not that bothersome. It does a very decent job at down sizing resolutions in games and is best with fixed aspect ratio in non wide screen games. It also has a very sleek simple form factor. This was bought for around two hundred and eighty dollars. I would say it is a good deal if it can be had for under 3 hundred after all expenses.

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Great Monitor with decent price

Posted Dec 8, 2006 - I have bought this monitor on Thanksgiving at CircuitCity. The monitor is great with 5ms response time and wide view angle. However the material looks cheap compared to my current NEC 19inch LCD. Also there is no height adjustment. Overall I am satisfied with it based on the price and performance.

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Decent widescreen monitor for the cost.

Posted Feb 28, 2007 - I've had this monitor for a couple of weeks now, and I'm rather happy with it except for the two weaknesses I listed. I have it connected to my laptop and I use it as my primary monitor. Since my laptop was not made to use a display at this resolution, I had to download EnTech PowerStrip in order to get the computer to interact with the display at 1680x1050. I recently ordered the Neoya X2VGA so I can connect this monitor up with my Xbox. I'm excited about running my Xbox in high def. I'll update this review after I get the X2VGA in the mail. I'm giving this monitor 3 stars until I try some gaming out on it. I may just Dremel the stand off if I get sick of it just hanging there.

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Good monitor

Posted Oct 14, 2006 - This monitor looks as good as many others that I have seen. The screen is great with no dead pixels. The stand isn't that great, but it is easy to overlook for the price. I recommend it and would buy it again. If you have two computers and are going to switch between dual inputs often then you might want to purchase a different screen. There are buttons on the front of the monitor, but none of them switch between inputs like every other monitor I have seen. Instead, you have to go into the on screen display (OSD) to switch inputs. It wasn't really an issue for me because I only have one computer.

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Amazing. A world of difference from a 15" CRT

Posted Nov 15, 2006 - I shudder when I think about life before my 22" flat panel. It was cheap to buy (not at all in quality!) and it's really big. I don't know what more to say. If I absolutely had to nit pick about something, it would be that the stand isn't that sturdy. It feels a bit flimsy, like when you try and lean the monitor back--you definitely feel the base lifting off of the desk or surface your monitor is resting upon. Oh yea it wouldn't wake up from sleep mode while plugged in with DVI until i installed my ATI drivers--I'm not sure if that's a known problem with LCDs or not.

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One of the best 22" LCD's in its class

Posted Dec 7, 2006 - This is great 22" wide screen LCD monitor considering I paid $260 at CircuitCity. The size is just amazing when compared to other 19" monitors. 5ms response time and 700:1 contrast ratio is great. The stand cannot adjust height, definitely feels cheap and could use some work if Acer is to improve its quality. Overall, this is a good buy if you can get it below $300, no other famous brand names come close to $300.

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great value

Posted Dec 4, 2006 - for thouse who does not know acer is one of the biggest LCD manufacturers in the world - viewsonic and samsung uses their screens so just think about it $500 samsung next to this monitor at the store uses same screen made by acer. i got it at circuit city for $260 and for that price there is no monitor that come close. if you can get it for under $300 that is the best choice by far. i bought 2 of them and could not be more happy.

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Nice monitor but DVI dies too soon

Posted Oct 8, 2007 - I bought this monitor as a second monitor for my computer beside a HannsG from Costco for $275. I noticed that this monitor is always displaying the image one second later than the other one. I connected this one through DVI and HannsG through VGA. Other than that the image is OK (HannsG image is a little more vivid than this one though). The fact the Acer does not have any adjustments created me somehow problems in aligning the 2 monitors. The big issue was that after 3 month, the DVI connection stopped working but it was still working on VGA. I sent it back and I bought another one. Unfortunately the new one did exactly the same thing after another 3 months. It is true that my computer runs for 12-14 hours a day continuously but this does not seem to be a problem for the other monitor I have for 3 years. If you do not intend to use it through DVI it may not be a problem, but for me it is. Overall really disappointed with this monitor. Obviously I will try another one.

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Hot Dog!

Posted Feb 21, 2007 - This is _the_ sweetest monitor out right now, especially for the price. It took me about two weeks to get used to seeing this monster on my desk. The only problem now is that every other monitor looks tiny compared to this one...

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Great value

Posted Dec 22, 2006 - I purchased this monitor when I went to Circuit City to pick up a new desktop pc and printer. It was a great value for me because Circuit City had a $10 rebate on the monitor and a $120 combination rebate when purchased along with a pc & printer. I was disappointed to find one dead pixel but it was easily exchanged for another one which had no dead pixels. I have been pleased with both the color and clarity and I have noticed no flicker at the recommended resolution. I cannot say how good this monitor would be for gaming but for what I use it for (word processing, email, internet) it has worked great so far.

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Good Brand

Posted Sep 2, 2006 - Don't be afraid to buy because of the name, but I might wait for the price to come down. I rather have a 19" for $150, than a 22" for $384.

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